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Strut Tower Brace

Does anybody know of a good strut tower brace for the fox body T-Bird?  I see them all over for the mustang but the Mustang has a shorter wheel base and I'd assume a shorter distance between the struts.  If there isn't a company that manufactures one for the bird, does anybody know of someone that can fabricate one for a decent price?  Thanks in advance.

Strut Tower Brace

Reply #1 –
The Stang braces (Fox) should it. I have a Kenny Brown strut tower brace on my Sport.

'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Strut Tower Brace

Reply #2 –
The wheelbase has absolutely nothing to do with a strut tower brace.  The engine bays on the Fox TBirds are dimensionally the same as the Fox Mustangs.

Base fitment on the engine you have in the car.
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon-  '81 Granada GL 2dr

Strut Tower Brace

Reply #3 –
I've used a fox body stang brace for 79-93 stang it fit fine on my 88 Tbird.  If your looking for one that fits with cc plates that's a different story I know there's a couple of guys on the board with braces and cc plates just can't remember the details.
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Strut Tower Brace

Reply #4 –
Has anyone done it with a carb was wondering about clearance issues?
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Strut Tower Brace

Reply #5 –
i would be interested if it would fit with a carb too^
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Strut Tower Brace

Reply #6 –
Id bet that if it'll fit with that huge upper intake,an air cleaner wouldn't really be much of an issue.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Strut Tower Brace

Reply #7 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;345180
Id bet that if it'll fit with that huge upper intake,an air cleaner wouldn't really be much of an issue.
I would have to agree with this
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Strut Tower Brace

Reply #8 –
Quote from: thewestie;345170
Has anyone done it with a carb was wondering about clearance issues?

Not much of an issue, unless you're using the old factory twin snorkel one with the huge air cleaner (the 83-85 5.0 Mustangs).  We had a special one for those.
In your case, more of an issue would be the 351.  Depending on where the front bar goes, you may or may not have clearance between it and the dist, due to the 351 being taller than the 302.
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Strut Tower Brace

Reply #9 –
Never thought of the dist looking at the top pic it might hit I went with the MSD probillit its supposed to be smaller and shorter. But I don't have anything to compare it to?
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Supercharger and Tower Brace

Reply #12 –
I'm guessing the strut tower brace wouldn't fit under a factory hood with a roots style super charger and it looks like it might get in the way of a centrifugal style charger.  Does anybody know if I'm wrong and it will fit with either style?

Strut Tower Brace

Reply #13 –
How much of a difference do you notice in the handling?

Strut Tower Brace

Reply #14 –
I was thinking about making my own.....
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